67th World Health Assembly - May 2014

Agenda item 11.3: Engagement with Non-State Actors: A draft decision [2] calls for further consultations at the WHO Regional Committee Meetings in 2014, and Member states are invited to submit “specific” follow-up questions to the Secretariat. The WHO secretariat is requested to provide an account of these “further consultations” and a proposed way forward to the 136th WHO Executive Board in January 2015. Agenda item 13.1: NCD Prevention and Control: Adopted the action plan indicators [3] for NCDs; recommended the ToRs for the UN Task Force on NCDs for submission to ECOSOC; adopted the ToRs for the GCM [4] and noted the GCM work plan [5] (with some “friendly” amendments); and noted the UN Review paper [6], with a request for the Director-General to report back on the Review to WHA 68 in 2015. The NCD Alliance delivered two statements on NCDs, which can be found in the documents box to the left. Agenda item 13.3: Global Disability Action Plan: Adopted a resolution [7]endorsing the WHO global disability action plan [8] 2014–2021 which aims to improve the health and quality of life of the one billion people around the world with disabilities by improving their access to health care and creating new and strengthening existing services and technologies. Agenda item 13.5: Psoriasis: Adopted a resolution [9]on psoriasis which encourages Member States to raise awareness about the disease and to advocate against the stigma. The name of the resolution was changed to "Psoriasis" during the discussions at WHA. Agenda item 14.1: Health in the post-2015 development agenda: Adopted a resolution [10]urging Member States and the Director-General to ensure that health is central to the post-2015 development agenda. The resolution calls on Member States to incorporate the need for action on NCDs and injuries, as well as to promote mental health. It furthermore calls for inclusion of health sensitive indicators in all relevant dimensions